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Wiki How would you code a surgery that is truly a Sleeve Gastrectomy (43775) but being done for a cancer (non bariatric) or would you use an unlisted CPT

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Start date Dec 4, 2019
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Dec 4, 2019

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How would you code a surgery that is truly a Sleeve Gastrectomy (43775) but being done for a cancer (non bariatric) or would you use an unlisted CPT

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I would use 43611 if the pathology shows cancer (and it has the same RVU's as 43775)

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